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No. 300,072. A Patented June 10, 1884.,

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STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,072, dated June 10, 18842l Application filed February 2.8, 1884. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HARRIS H. HAYDRN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that form of storeservice apparatus in which rolling carriers travel on ways to and from the cashiers desk, and are removed at the respective stations,by switches or droppinggates, into baskets or ot-her receptacles, which, when elevated, can be drawn down within reach ofthe salesman or attendant, and are automatically elevated by means of counterbalancing-weights or spring rollers or drums; and my invention consists in means for preventing the improper dropping ofthe carriers, and in means for facilitating the manipulation of the .carrier-receptacles or` drop-baskets, as fully described hereinafter, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isha side elevatiomshowing part of the track and a switch and drop-basket. Fig.

2 is an enlarged view, showing the detent for holding the switch. Fig. 3 is a 'transverse' section on the line l 2, Fig. 2. Fig. is a perspective View illustrating the arrangement of the detent at the end of the line. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sections showing modifications of the drop-basket and detent-operating devices. It is usual in store service apparatus in which rolling carriers are employed to provide several carriers for each station, any one of which will unlock the trap and fall into the basket. If, therefore, two or more carriers are sent in rapid succession to any one station, there is a possibility that the basket maybe withdrawn to remove the rst carrier just as the second arrives at and unlocks the trap, in which case the second carrier will fall upon the counter or door. rIo prevent this I place upon the fixed post A of the trap a locking device, N, which automatically fastens the trap or drop B as soon as the basket C is withdrawn, and is automatically unfastened as soon as the basket is in a position to. receive a carrier. A detent, N, of any suitable form to be thus operated, may be employed. Thus t-he detent may consist of a wire bentto form two arms, b d, with ngers e z', andk with a cross-piece turning in a bearing, s, the finger i exending beneath the edge of a plate, E, fastened to the side of the switch-track B, and the ng'ers e occupying a position to be struck by the basket C as it approaches the track. The weight of the arms tends .to keep the detent in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the finger i beneath the plate E, thereby locking the switchV in place, while the contact of the edge of the basket with the finger c swings the arms d Z) to the position shown in Fig. l, carrying the finger from beneath the plate, when the switch can drop freely. A spring-actuated lock or detent will effect the same purpose as that described, and where the basket is attached to a cord connected to a counter-weight, aknot, x,

detent, and unlocks the switch, as 4shown in Fig. 6.

A modified form of detent for end drops where there are no switches or traps is shown in Fig. 4. A gate or detent, K, of any suitable construction,is arranged to present an obstruction to the passage of a ball or carrier from the track, except when the basket is in place. The detent maybe of any suitable construction; but that shownin the drawings consists of a wire bent to forni side arms, a, pivotedto the track, a cross-bar, m, and pendent arms p,the latter being in position to bestruck by the edge of the basket as the same approaches the track, so that the detent is lifted to the position shown in dotted 1ines,when the carriers will pass beneath the bar m to the basket. `When the basket is drawn down, the arms n rest upon the track, and the bar m is lin position to prevent the Vcarriers from passing from the track.

Heretofore it has been customary to attach the winding devices b-y which the baskets are counterbalanced or supported to the track, but I find it advantageous in some cases to attach them to the basket, instead of the track, as shown in Figs. l and 3,where the cords yyare wound on drums F F, attached to the basket, and are fastened to the track A at their upper ends. The drums contain springs rv, (dotted lines,) that turn them to wind up the cords.

Instead of using two drums vertically fastened to the sides of the basket, I can use asingle drum fastened horizontally to the bottom of the basket, as shown in Fig. 5, the cords in upon the cord may make contact with the I' IOO II O

that case passing` over small guide-rollers d d, and through guideears f f at the sides of the basket. As shown, the two cords wind upon separate portions or" the drum separated by a ange,e; or short rollers having` spiral springs inclcsed may be substituted for the drums with coiled springs, as shown in Fig. 4f.

vithoutrliniiting myself to theprecise construction and arrangement of parts described, I claiml. The lock for the drop or switch of a storeservice apparatus, constructed, substantially as described, so as to fasten the drop auto matically when the basket or other receptacle is Withdrawn, and to release the same when the basketais returned, substantially as speci-f ied. Y

2. The combination of a track, dropswitch, vertically movable basket, and detent, constructed and arranged to lock the switch as the basket descends,and to unlock the switch as the basket approaches the track, substantially as set forth.`

3. The combination, with the dropswitch of a store-service apparatus,of a detent provided'. with au arm extending,` beneath the switch,and with an arm arranged to make contact with the basket, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination ofthe switch B, detent provided with arms Z) d and lingers e z', and drop-basket C, substantially as described.

5. The co1nbination,with the track and end y drop-basket, of a detent arranged andconstruetthe track, and a spring drum or drums uponA the basket, around which said cords are wound,

substantially as set forth.

8. In a store-service apparatus, a drop box or basket provided with one or more cordwinding devices for receiving the cords connected to the track by which the basketissuspended, Substantially as set forth.

9. The `combination of the flexible cords or suspensions connected at the upper ends to the track, a basket, and windingattachments on the basket to which the cords are attached, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing` witnesses.

HARRIS H. HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

WM. TRUsLow, Crus. RUsHBRooK. 

